La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest conducted prescribed burning operations south of Sisters and northeast of La Pine Wednesday. Ignitions were complete on Odin North Unit 3 northeast of La Pine by the afternoon, for a total of 199 acres, more than 100 acres less than the sought-after total. Firefighters
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday, the Deschutes Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy and the Deschutes National Forest plan to implement a cross-boundary prescribed burn on 50 acres of the Deschutes Land Trust’s Metolius Preserve and five acres of Forest Service land. Ignitions are slated to begin at 9 a.m. Smoke will be visible from
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Richardson respected the Judge’s ruling but stressed as a Vietnam Veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury, those dogs were his lifeline_________________________________________________________________________________________BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A judge ruled that a La Pine-area man whose three dogs were taken away after a widely seen video of him repeatedly hitting one with a shovel, was not allowed to own
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Firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District were conducting prescribed burning Tuesday on up to 111 acres on the Tiddly Winks Unit 9 Prescribed Burn unit, about a mile west of Bend.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Wednesday at around 1 p.m., the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County 911 will be sending a test message to people signed up for Deschutes Alerts. Here’s the full announcement from county Emergency Services Manager Lt. Nathan Garibay: Deschutes Alerts is the notification system we use to alert people
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A south Deschutes County woman accused of attempted murder and her parents entered not guilty pleas Monday in a high-profile child abuse case.
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A La Pine-area man was formally charged Friday with aggravated animal abuse for hitting his dog with a shovel as photos of his three seized dogs were shared with KTVZ’s Problem Solvers. The victim dog, Hooch, and John Coe Richardson’s other two dogs, Evie and Paco, were seized Wednesday when Deschutes
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TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Terrebonne man crossing an unlit stretch of Highway 97 away from a crosswalk Thursday night was struck by a minivan and flown to St. Charles Bend with severe injuries, Oregon State Police said. The crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday near milepost 116, troopers said. A 46-year-old woman from
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — While Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road remain closed, snow removal efforts are well underway, Deschutes County Road Department officials said Friday. Crews are reporting more than eight feet of snow on the Cascade Lakes Highway south of Devils Lake. The Road Department says the roads won’t be open to traffic
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)– Just outside the city limits of La Pine, in the dense forest that surrounds the community, you won’t find wild animals enjoying their habitat. Instead, homeless camps. Deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office showed the Problem Solvers first-hand the camps set up right outside of town. “This is a camp
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A drug raid late Wednesday night on a La Pine-area home turned up an illegal marijuana operation, and a resident was cited on three felony charges. Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, detectives with the Deschutes County Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement team, assisted by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team, executed
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The gate on China Hat Road south of Bend swung shut early Thursday, closing a large area of homeless encampments on the Deschutes National Forest as dozens of people who had been living there, some for years, scrambled to leave and take as many belongings as possible to wherever they go next.
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A federal judge who refused to grant an emergency court order to block the removal of dozens of homeless residents from the Deschutes National Forest south of Bend explained his reasoning in a ruling filed Thursday, offering sympathy for their plight but saying the forest health and fuels-reduction project is crucial
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest lifted the Bachelor Complex Emergency Fire Closure on Thursday, reopening Edison Sno-Park and the surrounding area, including Forest Service Road 4525. However, drivers along roads in the area are advised to use caution, as hazard trees remain along roadsides. “Additionally, many of the roads in the area
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Thursday it will install a new, permanent boat dock at Crane Prairie Reservoir May 8-9. The Crane Prairie boat launch will be temporarily closed during installation to provide for public safety. The new, permanent boat dock will provide improved access and will not
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Firefighters with the Sisters Ranger District ignited 64 acres in a prescribed fire Wednesday on Sisters Area Fuels Reduction Unit 4 four miles south of Sisters along Forest Service Road 1505.
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On the eve of the Deschutes National Forest’s closure of nearly 36,000 acres south of Bend for fuels reduction work – and the deadline for over 100 homeless people living off China Hat Road to move elsewhere – the controversy is drawing national attention from critics of the plan.
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Deschutes County is encouraging residents to prepare their homes for wildfire season and will be offering FREE disposal of yard debris at collection sites around the county. The 2025 FireFree disposal events begin on May 2, but the drop-off dates and times of operation vary by location. “Wildfire embers can travel several miles and ignite fallen pine
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A federal judge in Eugene on Tuesday rejected a plea by homeless people living in the woods south of Bend to delay Thursday’s deadline to move out for a large, year-long area closure for a fuels reduction project.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Elections officials are sharing important information for voters ahead of the Tuesday, May 20, Special District Election. The Special District Election includes district director contests for community college, fire, school, park and recreation, library, sanitation and water districts. A small portion of county voters will also have the opportunity
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